{"id":27,"date":"2008-03-16T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T00:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/soften-polymer-clay-fimo-quick-mix\/27\/"},"modified":"2016-11-05T18:36:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T01:36:29","slug":"soften-polymer-clay-fimo-quick-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/soften-polymer-clay-fimo-quick-mix\/27\/","title":{"rendered":"Soften Polymer Clay with Fimo Quick Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/vid\/101\/90009-P.jpg\" alt=\"Soften Polymer Clay\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vid #004: If Fimo Mix Quick Doesn&#8217;t Work To Soften Your Clay, This May Be The Reason Why: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Using Fimo Quick Mix and a pasta machine will cure most hard and crumbly clay issues. But if that doesn&#8217;t work,<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> it may be that your polymer clay has been partially cured from sitting in direct sun light for too long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">All is not lost though. You can grate or chop the cured clay and add the pieces to fresh clay to make specks of color like those in granite and faux stone. 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